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5 Educational Games We’re Excited to Play in 2022

🚨Attention – this is not a drill! Those once far-off release dates are getting closer and closer!🚨 A new year means new games, and we don’t know about you, but we are excited already just looking at a small sample of what 2022 has to offer when it comes to educational games! via Giphy As…

January 12, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

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What’s New in Gaming Accessibility and Assistive Technology

We’ve covered developments in assistive technology and gaming accessibility previously on the blog, including hardware like the Xbox Adaptive Controller and software like Code Jumper. While accessibility in gaming still has a long way to go, new technology and innovation continue to emerge with each passing day. Here’s a roundup of recent updates and news…

January 10, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

The Future of Digital Robotics

Here at Filament Games, we can’t wait to see how up-and-coming technology continues to shape the world we live in, especially when it comes to education! From eSports to the metaverse, EdTech is buzzing with potential in 2022. One area of that potential is digital robotics, which happens to be a subject we’re particularly passionate…

January 5, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling, Nicole Remily

What’s New in Game-based Learning – January 2022

🎉Happy New Year!🎉 We’re starting off this year on the blog with some fresh game-based learning news! From the futuristic Metaverse to a retrospective on a trailblazing edugame from the 70s, this nifty roundup of serious games news abounds with fascinating tidbits for all. Keeping gaming enthusiasts well-fed with educational gaming news since 2019, this…

January 3, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

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Speed Sketch: Happy Holidays 2021!

⛄Season’s Greetings from Filament Games! ⛄ This year, we have plenty of reasons to celebrate. From becoming a Roblox Developer to speaking events to the latest updates in our upcoming game, RoboCo, we’ve been making moves here at Filament Games! We can’t wait to see what the future holds for EdTech and game-based learning –…

December 22, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

A Look Back at Our 2021 Game Releases

It should come as no surprise that here at Filament Games, we think game-based learning is super cool. We also happen to think that the work we do here – creating playful experiences that improve people’s lives – is super cool too! via Giphy With 2022 on the horizon, we want to take a moment…

December 20, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

5 Excellent Gaming Communities and Organizations

Even if they’re more into single-player games, gamers need community! Communities serve vital roles in the gaming industry, whether they’re helping people connect to one another amidst a global pandemic, providing career mentorship, or looking out for the safety, enjoyment, and success of gamers who have been historically marginalized and left out of conversations around…

December 15, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

A 2021 Holiday Buyer’s Guide to Educational Games ✨🎁

It’s that time of year again. With each day that passes, we get closer to everyone’s favorite holiday – Toy Day! But even if you’re not planning on spending your holidays running errands for a reindeer named Jingle who is incompetent at his job (seriously – who forgets wrapping paper when their job is delivering…

December 13, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

5 More Great Music Education Games

As a kid, I spent too much time playing Rock Band and not enough time practicing my actual guitar. Perhaps an educational game would have been the perfect middle ground to keep me motivated to learn an instrument – which is why today, we are doing another installment on music education games! via Giphy Though…

December 8, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

How to Get Hired at a Game Studio: Production Edition 2021

In our How to Get Hired Series, we interview hiring managers all about their departments, their best practices for success at Filament Games, and qualities in applications and applicants that make an impression. For this installment in the 2021 reboot of this series, we interviewed Shaina Peshkov, our Studio Operations Director. Shaina manages the Production,…

December 6, 2021 // Shaina Peshkov

A Look Back at our 2023 Releases

What We Mean When We Say AI: Understanding Types of AI

Resource Roundup: 2023 at Filament Games